Tony, See this TNA site. Phil Bufton Vice Chairman Herefordshire FHS http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/sidocs.asp?SIR=O53095 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 7:22 AM Subject: [HEF] CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY AND REFUGE, BARTESTREE, HEREFORDSHIRE > Hi everyone, greetings from Sydney, Australia. > > My great aunt, Catherine Elizabeth Latham appears in the 1901 census at the Convent of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge. Beside the Nuns, there were a large number of young women recorded there as "inmates". > > Am I right in assuming that this was a place for unmarried mothers to go and have their babies? > > Catherine died in 1923 and although my grandmother (her sister) mentioned Elizabeth to me many years ago, she did seem a bit offhand about her. My grandmother died way back in 1967. > > Is there any way to find out more about the convent and its records? > > Here's hoping. > > > Tony Smith > [email protected] > > > ==== ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ==== > . > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >